International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy

International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy
ISBN-10
0742557391
ISBN-13
9780742557390
Series
International Relations in Southeast Asia
Category
Political Science
Pages
348
Language
English
Published
2008-10-17
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Author
Donald E. Weatherbee

Description

This balanced, comprehensive guide to Southeast Asian politics offers a sensible but nondogmatic realist approach to the region's international relations. In this revised, second edition, Donald E. Weatherbee lucidly explains the dynamics of the Southeast Asian subsystem as a struggle for autonomy in pursuit of national interests. He explores three important questions, the answers to which will shape the future Southeast Asia. Will democratic regimes transform international relations in Southeast Asia? Will national leaders succeed in reinventing ASEAN as a more effective collaborative mechanism? Finally, how will the evolving Chinese position, balancing and perhaps displacing the United States as Asia's great power, affect Southeast Asia's struggle for autonomy?

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